Galesburg Weather in 1940

Historical record of Galesburg, Illinois weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Galesburg Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	July 25
Lowest temperature	-15 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 25
Lowest daily high	3 °F	January 25
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	October 29
Most daily snow	5.5 inches	January 14

What was the hottest temperature in Galesburg in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Galesburg, Illinois in 1940 was 103 °F which happened on July 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Galesburg in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Jul 25
2	99 °F	Jul 24
3	97 °F	Aug 2
3	97 °F	Jul 26
5	96 °F	Aug 3
6	94 °F	Aug 1
6	94 °F	Jul 29
6	94 °F	Jul 28
6	94 °F	Jul 23
6	94 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Galesburg in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Galesburg, Illinois in 1940 was -15 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Galesburg in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-15 °F	January 19
1	-15 °F	January 18
3	-12 °F	January 25
4	-8 °F	January 5
5	-7 °F	January 27
5	-7 °F	January 26
7	-5 °F	February 25
8	-4 °F	January 24
8	-4 °F	January 4
10	-3 °F	January 2

January 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	16	3	n/a	n/a
January 2	10	-3	n/a	n/a
January 3	16	2	n/a	n/a
January 4	15	-4	n/a	n/a
January 5	8	-8	n/a	n/a
January 6	19	-1	n/a	n/a
January 7	21	13	0.14	2.1
January 8	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	27	20	n/a	n/a
January 10	30	23	0.06	0.9
January 11	33	27	0.14	0.0
January 12	26	11	n/a	n/a
January 13	32	17	0.03	n/a
January 14	32	n/a	1.12	5.5
January 15	n/a	5	n/a	n/a
January 16	14	5	n/a	n/a
January 17	6	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 18	n/a	-15	n/a	n/a
January 19	10	-15	n/a	n/a
January 20	10	1	n/a	n/a
January 21	15	-1	n/a	n/a
January 22	17	1	n/a	n/a
January 23	19	7	n/a	n/a
January 24	10	-4	n/a	n/a
January 25	3	-12	n/a	n/a
January 26	9	-7	n/a	n/a
January 27	14	-7	n/a	n/a
January 28	25	-2	n/a	n/a
January 29	23	13	n/a	0.0
January 30	29	16	n/a	n/a
January 31	33	20	n/a	n/a

February 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	n/a	n/a	n/a
February 2	n/a	15	n/a	n/a
February 3	31	12	n/a	n/a
February 4	32	27	0.09	0.0
February 5	32	29	n/a	n/a
February 6	28	24	n/a	n/a
February 7	29	25	n/a	n/a
February 8	31	23	0.04	0.0
February 9	24	18	0.09	0.0
February 10	25	11	n/a	n/a
February 11	42	18	n/a	n/a
February 12	37	28	n/a	n/a
February 13	30	21	n/a	n/a
February 14	28	20	n/a	n/a
February 15	41	23	n/a	n/a
February 16	44	33	0.00	n/a
February 17	39	29	n/a	n/a
February 18	35	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	34	31	0.20	0.0
February 20	32	30	0.08	0.0
February 21	33	26	0.03	0.0
February 22	26	20	0.00	0.0
February 23	32	22	0.17	0.5
February 24	32	9	0.20	2.0
February 25	18	-5	n/a	n/a
February 26	33	17	n/a	n/a
February 27	35	29	0.00	n/a
February 28	31	21	0.12	1.5
February 29	42	18	n/a	n/a

March 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	31	n/a	n/a
March 2	37	32	0.62	n/a
March 3	35	33	0.49	n/a
March 4	35	30	n/a	n/a
March 5	34	29	0.00	0.0
March 6	37	26	n/a	n/a
March 7	39	28	n/a	n/a
March 8	37	23	n/a	n/a
March 9	39	24	0.04	0.0
March 10	35	22	0.07	1.0
March 11	31	23	n/a	n/a
March 12	29	25	0.26	0.0
March 13	29	22	n/a	n/a
March 14	22	17	n/a	n/a
March 15	35	17	n/a	n/a
March 16	46	26	n/a	n/a
March 17	70	36	n/a	n/a
March 18	45	35	n/a	n/a
March 19	46	33	n/a	n/a
March 20	37	28	0.00	n/a
March 21	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 22	23	16	n/a	n/a
March 23	23	12	n/a	n/a
March 24	21	12	n/a	n/a
March 25	31	11	n/a	n/a
March 26	39	27	n/a	n/a
March 27	45	35	n/a	n/a
March 28	60	35	n/a	n/a
March 29	64	47	0.00	n/a
March 30	70	46	n/a	n/a
March 31	66	45	n/a	n/a

April 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	61	38	n/a	n/a
April 2	81	43	n/a	n/a
April 3	66	n/a	0.29	n/a
April 4	n/a	39	n/a	n/a
April 5	50	33	n/a	n/a
April 6	53	28	n/a	n/a
April 7	48	41	0.46	n/a
April 8	45	39	0.04	n/a
April 9	55	37	n/a	n/a
April 10	51	42	n/a	n/a
April 11	46	26	0.21	0.0
April 12	36	23	n/a	n/a
April 13	46	26	n/a	n/a
April 14	69	32	n/a	n/a
April 15	73	51	n/a	n/a
April 16	63	41	n/a	n/a
April 17	43	34	0.83	n/a
April 18	50	34	0.03	n/a
April 19	53	35	n/a	n/a
April 20	59	35	n/a	n/a
April 21	59	37	n/a	n/a
April 22	62	46	n/a	n/a
April 23	50	45	0.71	n/a
April 24	55	43	n/a	n/a
April 25	55	42	n/a	n/a
April 26	57	39	0.07	n/a
April 27	61	35	n/a	n/a
April 28	73	47	n/a	n/a
April 29	69	55	0.19	n/a
April 30	60	n/a	n/a	n/a

May 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	n/a	33	0.16	n/a
May 2	57	36	n/a	n/a
May 3	57	35	n/a	n/a
May 4	63	33	n/a	n/a
May 5	78	48	0.11	n/a
May 6	68	59	n/a	n/a
May 7	79	53	n/a	n/a
May 8	61	47	0.00	n/a
May 9	69	47	0.00	n/a
May 10	63	51	n/a	n/a
May 11	70	43	n/a	n/a
May 12	80	47	n/a	n/a
May 13	87	64	n/a	n/a
May 14	77	n/a	n/a	n/a
May 15	n/a	38	n/a	n/a
May 16	64	42	n/a	n/a
May 17	67	44	n/a	n/a
May 18	68	52	0.20	n/a
May 19	65	51	0.45	n/a
May 20	78	51	n/a	n/a
May 21	79	61	0.24	n/a
May 22	77	57	n/a	n/a
May 23	71	n/a	n/a	n/a
May 24	71	51	n/a	n/a
May 25	53	48	0.32	n/a
May 26	60	49	0.47	n/a
May 27	65	49	n/a	n/a
May 28	63	49	n/a	n/a
May 29	71	50	n/a	n/a
May 30	73	54	0.00	n/a
May 31	73	54	n/a	n/a

June 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	82	55	n/a	n/a
June 2	85	61	n/a	n/a
June 3	86	64	n/a	n/a
June 4	83	64	n/a	n/a
June 5	91	69	n/a	n/a
June 6	91	68	n/a	n/a
June 7	83	67	0.00	n/a
June 8	88	67	n/a	n/a
June 9	88	59	n/a	n/a
June 10	76	67	0.26	n/a
June 11	72	62	n/a	n/a
June 12	70	62	1.15	n/a
June 13	79	63	n/a	n/a
June 14	81	60	n/a	n/a
June 15	84	65	n/a	n/a
June 16	88	64	n/a	n/a
June 17	87	70	0.00	n/a
June 18	89	68	n/a	n/a
June 19	75	64	n/a	n/a
June 20	74	56	n/a	n/a
June 21	74	46	n/a	n/a
June 22	89	64	n/a	n/a
June 23	81	73	0.15	n/a
June 24	73	58	n/a	n/a
June 25	75	54	n/a	n/a
June 26	83	59	0.00	n/a
June 27	87	60	n/a	n/a
June 28	79	68	0.28	n/a
June 29	76	54	n/a	n/a
June 30	85	58	0.00	n/a

July 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	62	n/a
July 2	75	54	n/a
July 3	75	54	n/a
July 4	81	53	n/a
July 5	85	60	n/a
July 6	86	60	n/a
July 7	87	60	n/a
July 8	90	68	n/a
July 9	83	69	0.43
July 10	94	69	n/a
July 11	81	61	n/a
July 12	71	59	0.08
July 13	77	51	n/a
July 14	85	53	n/a
July 15	85	66	n/a
July 16	78	59	0.10
July 17	82	55	n/a
July 18	87	66	0.00
July 19	92	70	n/a
July 20	91	69	n/a
July 21	92	70	n/a
July 22	92	70	n/a
July 23	94	72	n/a
July 24	99	74	n/a
July 25	103	78	n/a
July 26	97	77	n/a
July 27	86	65	1.16
July 28	94	75	n/a
July 29	94	74	n/a
July 30	89	74	n/a
July 31	86	71	0.22

August 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	63	n/a
August 2	97	72	n/a
August 3	96	73	0.00
August 4	91	71	0.25
August 5	86	73	0.12
August 6	79	59	n/a
August 7	83	59	n/a
August 8	89	60	n/a
August 9	79	69	0.00
August 10	71	69	0.30
August 11	81	69	0.28
August 12	83	70	n/a
August 13	80	69	n/a
August 14	83	68	n/a
August 15	87	67	n/a
August 16	83	72	0.07
August 17	89	70	0.02
August 18	72	67	0.83
August 19	67	52	n/a
August 20	71	51	n/a
August 21	75	51	n/a
August 22	79	61	n/a
August 23	69	51	n/a
August 24	60	50	0.07
August 25	76	57	0.00
August 26	80	68	0.02
August 27	81	69	0.00
August 28	76	66	1.00
August 29	75	61	0.05
August 30	79	57	n/a
August 31	72	55	0.02

September 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	54	n/a
September 2	80	54	n/a
September 3	81	57	n/a
September 4	84	58	n/a
September 5	85	59	n/a
September 6	84	62	n/a
September 7	87	69	0.00
September 8	87	70	n/a
September 9	75	n/a	0.55
September 10	n/a	44	n/a
September 11	63	39	n/a
September 12	68	43	n/a
September 13	80	45	n/a
September 14	70	47	n/a
September 15	70	49	n/a
September 16	74	47	n/a
September 17	83	54	n/a
September 18	90	62	n/a
September 19	90	65	n/a
September 20	91	65	n/a
September 21	90	66	n/a
September 22	82	62	n/a
September 23	72	63	0.00
September 24	69	50	0.03
September 25	57	40	n/a
September 26	63	37	n/a
September 27	68	39	n/a
September 28	75	43	n/a
September 29	78	54	n/a
September 30	73	48	n/a

October 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	47	0.00
October 2	75	47	0.00
October 3	78	49	0.00
October 4	65	57	0.09
October 5	83	55	0.00
October 6	71	52	0.80
October 7	59	48	0.00
October 8	62	42	0.00
October 9	68	43	0.00
October 10	73	47	0.00
October 11	65	53	0.77
October 12	80	50	0.00
October 13	73	52	0.00
October 14	66	45	0.63
October 15	53	37	0.00
October 16	58	35	0.00
October 17	60	44	0.00
October 18	56	41	0.00
October 19	67	43	0.00
October 20	61	41	0.00
October 21	64	43	0.00
October 22	79	46	0.00
October 23	71	55	0.00
October 24	68	47	0.00
October 25	71	48	0.00
October 26	78	47	0.00
October 27	80	55	0.00
October 28	74	n/a	0.00
October 29	n/a	45	1.50
October 30	66	41	0.00
October 31	63	43	0.00

November 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	50	44	0.20	0.0
November 2	63	43	n/a	0.0
November 3	70	43	n/a	0.0
November 4	63	49	n/a	0.0
November 5	58	39	n/a	0.0
November 6	43	33	n/a	0.0
November 7	47	29	n/a	0.0
November 8	46	29	n/a	0.0
November 9	49	41	0.03	0.0
November 10	48	42	0.09	0.0
November 11	55	16	0.42	0.0
November 12	24	13	n/a	0.0
November 13	21	7	n/a	0.0
November 14	23	8	n/a	0.0
November 15	25	9	n/a	0.0
November 16	44	21	n/a	0.0
November 17	49	27	n/a	0.0
November 18	54	31	n/a	0.0
November 19	59	39	n/a	0.0
November 20	44	34	0.40	0.0
November 21	55	40	0.15	0.0
November 22	44	33	n/a	0.0
November 23	41	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 24	n/a	28	n/a	0.0
November 25	41	26	n/a	0.0
November 26	32	27	0.80	3.0
November 27	28	18	n/a	0.0
November 28	34	6	0.00	0.0
November 29	36	18	n/a	0.0
November 30	43	25	n/a	0.0

December 1940 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	24	16	0.00	0.0
December 2	27	7	0.00	0.0
December 3	n/a	-2	0.00	0.0
December 4	41	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 5	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 6	53	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 9	60	31	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	27	0.00	0.0
December 12	31	n/a	0.19	1.0
December 13	n/a	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	29	0.16	0.0
December 16	32	24	0.87	0.0
December 17	29	17	0.00	0.0
December 18	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	31	0.31	0.5
December 20	35	30	0.00	0.0
December 21	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 22	47	33	0.00	0.0
December 23	37	31	0.00	0.0
December 24	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 25	48	46	0.00	0.0
December 26	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	34	0.00	0.0
December 28	35	32	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	33	0.02	0.0
December 30	33	32	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	32	0.14	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1895–2024	Galesburg	location